I have not looked at a newspaper in twenty years; if one is brought into the room, I flee. This is not because I am indifferent but because one cannot follow every road.

Art produces ugly things which frequently become beautiful with time.

The spirit of creation is the spirit of contradiction. It is the breakthrough of appearances toward an unknown reality.

Don't for a moment believe He was killing the young; He was costuming angels.

If a hermit lives in a state of ecstasy, his lack of comfort becomes the height of comfort. He must relinquish it.

The actual tragedies of life bear no relation to one's preconceived ideas. In the event, one is always bewildered by their simplicity, their grandeur of design, and by that element of the bizarre which seems inherent in them.

one should always talk well about oneself! The word spreads around and in the end, noone remembers where it started